STATE v. RUNDLETT


391 A.2d 815 (1978)

STATE of Maine v. George RUNDLETT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

September 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Cox, Dist. Atty., Margaret J. Kravchuk, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Bangor, for plaintiff.

Vafiades, Brountas & Kominsky by Susan R. Kominsky (orally), Lewis V. Vafiades, Bangor, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether 17 M.R.S.A. § 3151 (1964), Maine's former "statutory rape" law,1 violated the equal protection clauses of the constitutions of the United States (amend. XIV, § 1) and the State of Maine (art. I, § 6-A). Section 3151, now superseded by our new Criminal Code,2 punished males for engaging in sexual intercourse with females under...

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